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Wednesday wonderment |John 7|
What makes someone so unapproachable... No one ever spoke like Him. Tonight we look briefly at the uniqueness of Christ, and value to all.
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When Practice meets preaching vol.2
Jonathan Edwards, the foremost thinker and theologian of the Puritan era, believed wholeheartedly in the power of the sermon to communicate truth and instill within his listeners both a hunger for worship and a consistent practice of the Spiritual disciplines as part of the improvement of the Spiritual life. This essay seeks to explain that interest and further our understanding for the disciplines themselves.
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When Practice meets preaching
Jonathan Edwards was a principle figure in the development of church during the Puritan era. His academic prowess was kindled as a young person first experiencing the power of God in creation and in his own heart. He later graduated from Yale at 13 years of age and went on the become a prolific writer and pastor of what might be known as New England's only megachurch in New England. While his writings and sermons were centered on the great doctrines of sin, salvation, and God, his own development as a disciplined man of God impacted his sermons and proved valuable to those who listened.
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And You Thought They Were Crazy
Have you even met this guy?
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The End, Kind Of
May the best story win
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Experience is the very best thing
If we face rejection is not in question, when we face rejection, can we press on with the balance of determination and grace that so evidenced the life of the Lord Jesus? So, we come to the text in John 6, verse 66 and following where John notes that "after these things, many of his disciples went back and walked with him no more"... The question for us is, what keeps us from going out the back door?
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What fear and failure can do
Sometimes the best reflection is done in the company of others who have experienced the very events that are described in the texts of Scripture. Read on...
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Even the Crazy Ones
Let's all be civil now, shall we?
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Here's a Better Story
Blessed are you who hears it
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When works meet Grace
Having filled their stomachs with the miracle of a timely lunch, those seeking to make Jesus "king", lose track of him, only to find him again in Capernaum. Their need to be filled has not waned, nor has their ignorance about the necessity of faith and its incompatibility with works.